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S.J.’s 2022 Year in Books
Take a look at S.J.’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.
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S.J. Schwaidelson
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July 2012
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The Pomegranate
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Dream Dancer
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Lingua Galactica
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2017
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3 editions
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Struggling with the news
One of my favorite things about being a writer is that ability to lose oneself in one’s creative world. I count on that experience to make the stories I tell real. The world I am describing becomes, in so many ways, the world I inhabit to the exclusion of the real world. My husband used to warn the kids, “Don’t go in there…she’s in the flow state and G-d only knows where she is!” This is less of a
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S.J.’s Recent Updates
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"A very exciting book to read.
I really enjoyed reading this book. The author did a wonderful job writing this book. She did make one mistake in the book. There were no coaches or carriages after the fall of the Roman till the late 14th Century and ver" Read more of this review » |
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I love that you questioned that! Frankly, it made me crazy, so I did a great deal of research on conveyances for the period. I figured Eleanor had to
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My Last Innocent Year
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"The story of a young woman's journey and coming-of-age was so thoughtfully told and meticulously researched that I felt instantly I was in the hands of a master storyteller. The twelfth century was brought to life as vibrantly as our own, teeming in "
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"I loved this book. I chose it based on the 5 stars and thought "why not" It is so intriguing and exciting. Couldn't put it down. If Bateskva were in this world today, she would be any woman's hero.
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| I wanted to love this book. From the very beginning, I was intrigued by the telling of the story. Mr. Nicholas's language is somewhat stylized, and I was fine with that. It worked. The story moved well, kept my interest, and I found I cared about the ...more | |
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“A parent must do two things: teach the child a way to earn a living, and to swim.”
― Lingua Galactica
― Lingua Galactica
“The power of the spoken word is the ultimate power, for it can fend off war, preserve the peace, make friends out of enemies, and lovers out of strangers.”
― Lingua Galactica
― Lingua Galactica
“Half of these aren't even Machiavelli.
Some are Plato, Thucydides etc....doesnt anyone check these?”
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Some are Plato, Thucydides etc....doesnt anyone check these?”
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